Early Life
Addison was born in Cardiff, Wales. When he was four, the family moved to Worsley, near Manchester, where Addison was brought up, and as such he considers himself to be a Mancunian. His father was a doctor. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, an independent school for boys in Manchester. This was followed by the University of Birmingham, where he studied English Literature with the original intent of becoming a theatre director. After his directing plans didn't work out, he drifted into comedy as an alternative creative outlet. He identifies himself as middle class.
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